Major Swiss Art Found

Four Impressionist paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art robberies this month were discovered Monday night in the car park of a psychiatric hospital in Zurich, reports The Guardian's Angelique Chrisafis. On February 10, three armed men burst into the Emile Bührle foundation, a private art collection housed on the shore of Lake Zurich, and forced visitors and staff to lie down before driving off with 180 million Swiss francs ($160 million) worth of paintings by Cézanne, Degas, Monet, and van Gogh. Last night the grounds of Zurich's Psychiatric University clinic, which is near the museum, were closed off as police examined and then towed away a white car, found unlocked. The local television station TeleZuri quoted a witness who said the car contained three paintings bearing the name of the art museum. Swiss police declined to confirm a link with the audacious art theft, but confirmed investigators were examining the scene.(For full source and full article click the Headline). Irish Art